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Subject: The commodification of the female gamer online

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.

People claim this forum is capable of maintaining a serious discussion about a weighty topic.

Most of this thread is just people talking about how girls should get back in the kitchen.

Bravo, Flood. Doesn't take much to get you to show your true colours, does it?

  • 01.01.2013 7:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: Nephilim713

Posted by: SuperSonic527
Cooking games are all that is acceptable.


........*sigh*

You know what? Forget it.


You do know the reason he made that joke is to get people like you to rage right? Do you really think people actually mean that sort of stuff?

  • 01.01.2013 7:59 PM PDT


Posted by: jaythenerdkid
People claim this forum is capable of maintaining a serious discussion about a weighty topic.

Most of this thread is just people talking about how girls should get back in the kitchen.

Bravo, Flood. Doesn't take much to get you to show your true colours, does it?


The Flood has always been this way and I'm a pretty good cook so I can handle the kitchen.

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Posted by: jaythenerdkid
People claim this forum is capable of maintaining a serious discussion about a weighty topic.

Most of this thread is just people talking about how girls should get back in the kitchen.

Bravo, Flood. Doesn't take much to get you to show your true colours, does it?


This would have gone so much better if people weren't aware of your reputation and also if you presented your OP better. (As in don't make it so long)

[Edited on 01.01.2013 8:01 PM PST]

  • 01.01.2013 8:00 PM PDT
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I like Cheese

Because this is the internet, you can't expect gamers to be kind and loving to other gamers(female gamers)
Sure, there are some people that play nice.
But, Jay.
You need to understand, you're still on the internet, you can't expect people to be 100% nice and kind to each other...

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Nicotine babies being born with no spines


Posted by: jaythenerdkid
People claim this forum is capable of maintaining a serious discussion about a weighty topic.

Most of this thread is just people talking about how girls should get back in the kitchen.

Bravo, Flood. Doesn't take much to get you to show your true colours, does it?
But yet you continue to post here.

  • 01.01.2013 8:01 PM PDT

Halo3Planet, the place for all things Halo 3..

Need help finding skulls, make sure to go here.

I agree. What do you think can be done to stop this, or at least prevent the trend from continuing any more?

  • 01.01.2013 8:01 PM PDT

Sometimes I am tempted to quit gaming. I can no longer play without seeing ponyphags, horrendously bad teammates and mexicans.

Gaming community, I want you to know that you suck.


Posted by: jaythenerdkid
Again, while I'm sorry you have no patience for people who put thought into their posts, that's your problem, not mine.
This is another reason why people don't like your threads. Other people here also do this, not just you.

See, people say this. People say this a lot. "Geez, Jay, why don't you tell us something we don't know?"

Well...if you all know this is a problem, why haven't you done something about it? Seriously, why not?
pfffttt HAHAHAHAHAHAHA that's -blam!- funny!
To put it simply, we don't care.


Lurking this thread has given me great entertainment.

  • 01.01.2013 8:01 PM PDT
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Felicia is hot.

  • 01.01.2013 8:02 PM PDT

The Song Of Nephilim

Xenoblade <3


Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: Nephilim713

Posted by: SuperSonic527
Cooking games are all that is acceptable.


........*sigh*

You know what? Forget it.


You do know the reason he made that joke is to get people like you to rage right? Do you really think people actually mean that sort of stuff?


As far as I know, that is something an arsehole would write.

  • 01.01.2013 8:02 PM PDT

http://twitter.com/#!/ShakaSangoma

Posted by: Dallas Green

Posted by: jaythenerdkid
People claim this forum is capable of maintaining a serious discussion about a weighty topic.

Most of this thread is just people talking about how girls should get back in the kitchen.

Bravo, Flood. Doesn't take much to get you to show your true colours, does it?
But yet you continue to post here.

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Posted by: Munitions lll
tl;dr

quit making threads about feminism/females in general

just stop

  • 01.01.2013 8:02 PM PDT


Posted by: SwizZz Gambino
Felicia is hot.


That was random.

  • 01.01.2013 8:03 PM PDT

Posted by: Great_Pretender
Case and point: don't worry about it. Girls start getting boobies pretty soon, and then you'll have plenty of other things to think about. Being an Inheritor is not a life goal.
-TGP-

Posted by: jaythenerdkid
People claim this forum is capable of maintaining a serious discussion about a weighty topic.

Most of this thread is just people talking about how girls should get back in the kitchen.

Bravo, Flood. Doesn't take much to get you to show your true colours, does it?
If you're going to get rump busted, butthurt, fanny troubled or otherwise upset because of what someone has said on the internet. Then you need to go back to the basics of the internet. It's srs bidness in here.

  • 01.01.2013 8:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: NinjaLord77

Posted by: SwizZz Gambino
Felicia is hot.


That was random.


Not really. It's on topic.

  • 01.01.2013 8:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Nephilim713

Posted by: Aang the Avatar

Posted by: Nephilim713

Posted by: SuperSonic527
Cooking games are all that is acceptable.


........*sigh*

You know what? Forget it.


You do know the reason he made that joke is to get people like you to rage right? Do you really think people actually mean that sort of stuff?


As far as I know, that is something an arsehole would write.


It's something someone would write knowing they'll get entertainment from people who take a videogame internet forum too seriously.

  • 01.01.2013 8:05 PM PDT

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.


Posted by: roman arrow12
I agree. What do you think can be done to stop this, or at least prevent the trend from continuing any more?
Honestly?

Firstly, stop making it acceptable to derail discussions like this. People should realise that doing so is perpetuating the skewed double standard in itself - and if they continue to do it, they should be treated as though their contributions are socially unacceptable. In the case of a forum, that means banning them, or excluding them from membership all together.

Secondly, get rid of the myth that people who don't laugh at bigoted humour just "don't get it", or "need to lighten up". There's really nothing humorous about derailing a conversation with a sexist joke, or reducing a woman to nothing more than her appearance and sex. People in this very thread have claimed that they only made such comments to make any women reading angry. That's sexist in itself, isn't it? They know that they can take a serious discussion and trivialise it by joking, because as male members of this forum, they hold the balance of power and get to decide which topics are serious/worthy and which aren't.

Thirdly, stop acting as though "she's ugly" (or for that matter, "she's hot") are valid critiques of a female member's contributions. There are female members of this site - not even talking about myself here - who have been slammed and ridiculed for their looks, as though that's what's important about them. Now, regardless of whether someone does find them attractive, how is that relevant to the conversation at hand, 99% of the time? I could have three eyes and the warty nose of a witch, and it shouldn't matter - if I post a video of me discussing something else, that shouldn't be the talking point, not in my case, not in anyone's. We don't criticise male vloggers or cosplayers for their looks, so why do we do it with women?

Fourthly, get rid of the idea that it's all right to make incredibly personal/vulgar comments about female members. The other day, I had someone claim that they wanted to hunt me down and kill me. I've had PMs from people describing how they want to force themselves on me in the past. I know I'm not the only one. These guys know they can instantly take away a little of whatever power I might have by reminding me that I'm small and weak and that violence against me is a threat I always have to take seriously, no matter what the source. This is a problem on a much larger level than the more superficial stuff, and I've been able to rely on staff here in the past to handle things when they get that ugly. But it shouldn't be happening in the first place.

The thing that really needs to change is people's attitudes - both men's and women's, because women do all of these things too. The idea that only people who take life too seriously care about this stuff is a toxic one. It allows people to trivialise serious problems - not just this, but plenty of similar problems, too, like the way online communities treat people of colour, or LGBT members. It's really sad that most people see this thread as a joke, when that very attitude only contributes to the perpetuation of this kind of culture.

  • 01.01.2013 8:14 PM PDT

OP how did you learn to write so good?

  • 01.01.2013 8:17 PM PDT

How has this not been locked yet?

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Posted by: jaythenerdkid
Bravo, Flood. Doesn't take much to get you to show your true colours, does it?
True colors imply they are being serious. It's a thread on an off-topic forum on the internet. You're being silly if you think that is them showing their true colors.

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Not gonna quote that massive post, however I think you're taking this far too seriously. I don't understand why you're so upset people on this forum act like typical Internet people.

Why should just insults directed towards females be banned? Why are we not allowed to address a females looks I they choose to post a picture of themselves? We're allowed to insult and critique only guys' appearances?

  • 01.01.2013 8:19 PM PDT

Posted by: Billygoat456
I'll bring the tritium laser cutters if you bring the beer!

Funny story.

Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Not gonna quote that massive post, however I think you're taking this far too seriously. I don't understand why you're so upset people on this forum act like typical Internet people.
Srs busness.

  • 01.01.2013 8:20 PM PDT


Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Not gonna quote that massive post, however I think you're taking this far too seriously. I don't understand why you're so upset people on this forum act like typical Internet people.

Why should just insults directed towards females be banned? Why are we not allowed to address a females looks I they choose to post a picture of themselves? We're allowed to insult and critique only guys' appearances?


I believe she wants equality for all.

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Posted by: monitor 16807
Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Not gonna quote that massive post, however I think you're taking this far too seriously. I don't understand why you're so upset people on this forum act like typical Internet people.
Srs busness.
Super duper serial.

  • 01.01.2013 8:21 PM PDT

Posted by: Kurosaki_Kun

I know, right?
Jay acts like she's better than everyone else simply because she's a chick.
I hope she chokes to death.


Posted by: Aang the Avatar
Not gonna quote that massive post, however I think you're taking this far too seriously. I don't understand why you're so upset people on this forum act like typical Internet people.
Why are typical internet people bigoted jackasses? Why is "it's just the internet" an excuse for bad behaviour?

  • 01.01.2013 8:22 PM PDT